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Hello crafty friends! I’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a tutorial on how to make this acorn gift box.
Skill: Intermediate to Advanced Time: 45 Minutes
Directions:
Gather your supplies. For this project you will need the Fall Favors Box die set and the coordinating stamp set. A dark brown ink (VersaFine Clair used here), Kraft and other colors of cardstock.
Step 1: Out of kraft cardstock, cut six pieces each of the small (top) and large (bottom) of the acorn, along with the top and bottom hexagon pieces. Cut the stem out of a dark brown cardstock and the leaves out of your color of choice.
Step 2: Line up the stamp that adds the detail to the acorn top and then stamp all six pieces with a dark brown ink, VersaFine Clair Pinecone used here.
Step 3: Crease all of the score line on all the die cut pieces. Do not use a bone folder, just simply crease them on the score lines.
Step 4: Align the large (bottom) pieces of the acorn on the hexagon as shown. Tip: I used liquid glue to allow me to move them as needed.
Step 5: Align the small (top) pieces of the acorn on the hexagon with the square hole in it.
Step 6: Fold the stem piece on the score lines and add h=glue to create the stem and then thread it through the square hole on the top. After threading it through the hole, fold back the tabs and glue down as shown.
Finish the project by adding the leaves and some twine.
– Hello Crafty friends! It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing how to make this sweet birdie holiday card using some VersaFine Clair inks.
Skill: Beginner to Intermediate Time: 45 minutes
Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need several colors of ink, the Birdie Friends in Winter die and stencil or any other die/stencil combo you’d like to use. A holiday sentiment set, a snowflake
cover die or any other background you’d like to use. You will also need either a Sticky Mat or Grip Mat and some paste.
Step1: I didn’t show all of them in the picture, but the first step is to cut all the birds out of white cardstock.
Step 2: Using the coordinating stencil add color to each bird as you please. For the pink bird I used Baby Pink and Charming Pink. The blue bird uses Warm Breeze, Bali Blue and Strawberry. The yellow bird uses Cheerful and Golden Meadow. I have a picture with the steps circled so you can see the need for different shades of color.
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Step 3: Cut hats out of glitter cardstock and colored cardstock. Cut apart and add to glitter cardstock as shown in picture. Glue onto the birdie.
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Step 4: Cut the branch out of a dark brown cardstock.
Step 5: Place branch under stencil, lining it up with the etched portion. Add a white paste using a palette knife.
Step 6: To finish the card, stamp and cut out the sentiment to add to the front.
Hello crafty friends. It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a beachy card using some summer colors. When I think beach, I think lighthouses because the beach we go to has one on it.
Skill level: Intermediate to advanced Time: An hour or more
Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need a beach themed stamp, stencil and dies. Several colors of inks. Post-it notes or masking paper and a fine liner pen.
Step 1:
Die cut the postage stamp panel. This must be cut first with this particular set because you line up the stitched lines.
Step 2:
Place the stencil over the panel, lining up the stitched part, I circled it so you could see what I am referencing. Mask off other areas of the card so you don’t get ink on it. Ink blend green ink for the grass. Remove and clean the stencil
Step 3:
Mask off the grass and ink blend blue for the ocean. Remove and clean the stencil.
Step 4:
Mask off the ocean. Ink blend brown for the sand, remove and clean the stencil.
Step 5:
Mask off the bottom portion of the stencil. Ink blend Yellow for the sun rays. Remove and clean the stencil.
Step 6:
Ink blend red for the lighthouse. Remove and clean the stencil.
Step 7:
Be sure to mask off portions of the card that may get inky. Place the stencil down where the sun is in the white space that was left after blending the sunrays. Ink blend orange in the circle and also at the base of the sunrays. Remove and clean the stencil.
Step 8: (optional)
This step s totally optional but I like the way it grounds the lighthouse. Place stencil back over the lighthouse and use a fine liner pen to trace the stripes.
Step 9:
Stamp the greeting in blue and the 25 cents in black. Not pictured in this photo but you will need to die cut the flower and add it to the corner as shown in the finished card.
Hello crafty friends!, It’s Ceal, here. Today I am going to show you how to create this “Unbelievable” Big Foot birthday card using some VersaFine Clair inks.
Skill Level: Intermediate Time: 30 to 45 minutes
Directions:
Gather your supplies, you will need a masculine stamp set and several colors of blue inks along with a green, brown and black. You will also need a white gel pen.
Step 1: Using a sponge dauber or ink blending tool, blend green ink across the bottom of a white panel cut 4 x 5.25. Next starting with the lightest blue blend a circle in the middle of the panel working your way out, then use the medium blue and the darkest blue last around the outside of the panel.
Step 2: Stamp the tree tops in green, the trunk in brown and the sentiment in black on the panel.
Step 3: Stamp the bigfoot (sasquatch) in black. I stamped the sentiment when I stamped the trees, but you could actually stamp both the sentiment and bigfoot here since they are both in black.
VersaFine Clair Nocturne is the absolute best back. The bigfoot was only stamped once, and he covers the background perfectly.
Step 5: Use a white gel pen to add some stars to the night sky and then adhere this panel on the card base.
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